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When it comes to understanding what you're bringing into AppDynamics, it will help to organize those inputs to get the right kind of output. Organizing business transactions ensures that you are monitoring the most critical transactions appropriately.   In  this video , you will get a great tip on helping you keep things well organized.   For more information, please visit our documentation.         ... View more

Locking down your business transactions helps preserve the number of first-class business transactions listed, ensuring only those that are most important to the business are readily available for monitoring.    In this video, you will get a great tip on how to reduce the number of business transactions that appear as first class, helping you organize things better.    For more information, please visit our documentation. ... View more

Watch this page for updates   — click the Subscribe button, above right Want to receive all monthly Product Updates? Click to subscribe to the series   In April, the AppDynamics SaaS Controller version 22.4.0 was released with key product enhancements. There have also been a number of agent enhancements.   Finally, There are a number of new bug fixes and/or optimizations with SaaS Controller version 22.3.1 and Enterprise Console (on-prem) version 21.4.14.   In this article... Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know Resolved and Known Issues Get Started Ask a Question   What release highlights should I know about? These release highlights include the newest features and capabilities this month, at a glance. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who within your organization may be most interested or impacted for each enhancement. CATEGORY ENHANCEMENT USER and PERFORMANCE ANALYST ADMIN and IMPLEMENTER  DEVELOPER AGENT UPDATES Analytics Agent   ✓     Cluster Agent   ✓   Database Agent   ✓   Java Agent   ✓     Javascript Agent   ✓ ✓   .NET ✓   ✓   Python Agent   ✓   Xamarin Agent ✓ ✓   SAAS CONTROLLER   Agent Installer   ✓   Dash Studio ✓       Agent Updates Analytics Agent The Analytics Agent includes updates to the Azul JRE and SLF4J builds. (v22.4.0 Released April 28, 2022)   Cluster Agent There have been some minor bug fixes. (v22.4.0 Released April 29, 2022)   Database Agent There have been some minor bug fixes and enhancements. (v22.4.0 Released April 25, 2022)   Java Agent Supports the Z Garbage Collector and reports the metrics as a minor collection. (v22.4.0 Released April 22, 2022)   JavaScript Agent Beacons are now sent to the HTTP endpoint if available. Otherwise, HTTP endpoints will be used. (v22.4.0 Released April 15, 2022)   Machine Agent There were several enhancements: The flag -Dappdynamics.machine.agent.extensions.calcVolumeFreeAndUsedWithDfCommand is set to " true" to reserve 5% of disk space on Linux systems. The solaris_sparcv9 Java version was upgraded to JRE11. There are also a number of upgrades to third party libraries.  (v22.4.0 Released April 27, 2022)   .NET Agent There were several enhancements: Signs AppDynamics.Agent.netstandard.dl in Agent NuGet packages.  Improves dynamic reflection with runtime type re-binding capability. Extracts the process identity on Linux to make it in parity with Windows. Uses stdout instead of temp-file communication for processing.  (v22.4.0 Released April 5, 2022)   Python Agent Python version 3.10 is now supported. (v22.4.0 Released April 27, 2022)   Xamarin Agent You can now attach a custom user data property to a specific network request by adding it to HttpRequestTracker . (v22.4.0 Released April 18, 2022)   NOTE | To view all technical documentation associated with this month’s releases, please visit Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes in our documentation portal .  To Table of Contents  |  To Resource List   Heads up - What else you should know   New Webinar | Embracing AppDynamics for OpenTelemetry  View our webinar to learn how you can embrace the OpenTelemetry™ open-source standard for any data source, and leverage AppDynamics agents and industry-leading AI and ML capabilities for advanced, business impacting insights. Register to view it here OpenTelemetry TM is a trademark of The Linux Foundation®.   New AppDynamics University courses AppDynamics University has seen a wealth of new courses and certification recognition features. Check out the most recent education product updates as well as the introduction of our instructor interview series .   Access these new instructor-led and short-form courses directly on AppDynamics University . Or read about them in recent News & Announcements posts .  To Table of Contents   |  To Resource List   Resolved and Known Issues The following AppDynamics Controller versions have either known or resolved issues.  SaaS Controller version 22.2.4 does not contain any resolved issues, however, there are some 22.3.1 SaaS controller resolved issues . Enterprise Console version 21.4.14 was released April 14 and provides a bug fix for the Database Monitoring Agent ( DBMON-8554 ) The Cluster Agent for RedHat is currently unavailable due to a change in the RedHat release process. The Database Agent 22.4.0 has a known issue - The Database Agent does not run on JDK versions 16 and 17, therefore please use JDK 15 or lower.    You can see a complete listing of this month’s Agent and Controller Resolved Issues, as well as additional detail around known issues in the Release Notes .  To Table of Contents  |  To Resource List   Get Started PLEASE NOTE: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation .    Download Essential Components (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem),  Events Service, EUM Components) Download Additional Components  (SDKs, Plugins, etc.) How do I get started upgrading my AppDynamics components for any release? Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes Open Source Extensions License Entitlements and Restrictions   Can’t find what you’re looking for? Need more assistance? Ask a question in the Latest Release forum. To Table of Contents ... View more

Watch this page for updates   — click the Subscribe button, above right Want to receive all monthly Product Updates? Click to subscribe to the series   Revised March 25, 2022 In March, we released Controller version 22.3 which contains key product enhancements and agent updates, along with SaaS Controller fixes.   In this article... Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know Resolved Issues Get Started Ask a Question   What release highlights should I know about? These release highlights include the newest features and capabilities this month, at a glance. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who within your organization may be most interested or impacted for each enhancement. CATEGORY ENHANCEMENT USER and PERFORMANCE ANALYST ADMIN and IMPLEMENTER  DEVELOPER FULL-STACK OBSERVABILI TY ThousandEyes and Dash Studio ✓ ✓ ✓ AGENT UPDATES C/C++ SDK ✓ ✓ ✓ Database Agent ✓ ✓   Flutter Agent for MRUM ✓ ✓ ✓ IBM Integration Bus Agent   ✓   iOS Agent   ✓   .NET ✓ ✓ ✓ PHP Agent ✓ ✓   Xamarin Agent ✓   ✓   SAAS CONTROLLER Mobile RUM  ✓ ✓     Full-stack Observability Enhancements ThousandEyes and DashStudio Thousand Eyes and Dash Studio now support a new Gauge widget so we can set thresholds to indicate color status. The previous Thousand Eyes test limit has been removed.   Agent Updates C/C++ SDK Agent The C/C++ SDK Agent now supports the Alpine Linux distribution and can match limits set by the Analytics Agent. (v22.3.0, Released March 15, 2022)   Database Agent There is a new SSL environment setting for the CASSANDRA_SSL-CONTEXT_PROTOCOL system. See Configure Cassandra Collectors documentation for more information.    Additionally, there is now an option to delete servers manually from the database topology window. And state servers are now automatically deleted from the database server table . (v22.3.0, Released March 24, 2022)   Flutter Agent for mobile RUM AppDynamics’ new Flutter Agent allows you to monitor your mobile Flutter applications. See Instrument Flutter Agent and Customize the Flutter Instrumentation . (v22.3.0, Released March 8, 2022)   IBM Integration Bus Agent You can now reuse historical VM node names for new VMs and in addition. It prevents the rapid increase of differently named nodes, especially when the nodes are identical processes that run over different times, helping you monitor environments with short-life VMs. Please see the Enable the Node Name Reuse documentation for more details.   Additionally, IBM App Connect Enterprise version 11 running on Kubernetes is now supported. (v22.3.0, Release March 3, 2022)   iOS Agent AppDynamics iOS Agent now supports Xcode 12.5 and later. (v22.3.0, Released March 22, 2022)   PHP Agent This release includes support to report analytics data after a specific number of data events/transactions or after a specific time interval. See Configure Transaction Analytics for Node.js, PHP, and Python Applications . (v22.3.0, Released March 3, 2022)     SaaS Controller Enhancements SaaS Controller version 22.2.4 In March, SaaS Controller version 22.2.4 was released which supports a number of Mobile RUM enhancements such as asynchronously correlating business transactions for mobile sessions, including fetching and loading endpoints for Mobile Session Details.    NOTE | To view all technical documentation associated with this month’s releases, please visit Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes in our documentation portal .  To Table of Contents  |  To Resource List   Heads up - What else you should know   New ‘Synthetic API Monitoring’ demo Learn how the new AppDynamics API Monitoring solution helps you proactively identify and resolve API performance and availability issues to minimize impact on your users’ experience and business outcomes. Watch the video for a first-hand experience.    Full-Stack Observability webinars AppDynamics Full-Stack Observability Webinar Series  Want to learn how to transform your business faster? Join us as our experts walk you through the benefits of full-stack observability and the impact it can have on your customer experience, profitability, and optimization of your IT team’s time. Walk away with valuable knowledge.  View or Register Today   New AppDynamics University Systems Engineering Masters accreditation February marked the first recipients of AppDynamics’ Qualified Systems Engineering Masters accreditation. To qualify, these candidates met their AppDynamics Partner Program Stage 1 and 2 learning map obligations via the Cisco Black Belt Academy, and then successfully combined it with an AppDynamics Certification. See the February 2022 cohort here .   More from AppDynamics University AppDynamics University has seen a wealth of new courses and certification recognition features.  Access these new instructor-led and short-form courses directly on AppDynamics University . Or read about them in recent News & Announcements posts . To Table of Contents   |  To Resource List   Resolved Issues The following AppDynamics Controller versions have enhancements and/or resolved issues.  SaaS Controller versions 22.2.2, 22.2.3 and 22.2.4 were released with Controller Resolved Issues Enterprise Console version 21.4.13-24717 was released with Controller (SaaS/On-Premises) Resolved Issue   The following key Agent issue was resolved in the 22.3 release. Agent Scope fails added in cases where there are a large number of Analytics Agents ( ANALYTICS-13883)   You can see a complete listing of this month's Agent Resolved Issues, as well as Controller Resolved Issues , in AppDynamics documentation. To Table of Contents  |  To Resource List   Get Started PLEASE NOTE: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation .    Download Essential Components (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem),  Events Service, EUM Components) Download Additional Components  (SDKs, Plugins, etc.) How do I get started upgrading my AppDynamics components for any release? Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes Open Source Extensions License Entitlements and Restrictions   Can’t find what you’re looking for? Need more assistance? Ask a question in the Latest Release forum. To Table of Contents ... View more

Watch this page for updates   — click the 3-dot menu upper right, then subscribe Want to receive all monthly Product Updates? Click to subscribe to the series   In February, we released Controller version 22.2 which contains key product enhancements and agent updates, along with SaaS Controller fixes. Revised March 1, 2022 In this article... Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know Resolved Issues Get Started Ask a Question   What release highlights should I know about? These release highlights include the newest features and capabilities this month, at a glance. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who within your organization may be most interested or impacted for each enhancement. CATEGORY ENHANCEMENT USER and PERFORMANCE ANALYST ADMIN and IMPLEMENTER  DEVELOPER FULL-STACK OBSERVABILI TY Synthetic API Monitoring ✓ ✓ ✓ AGENT UPDATES Apache Web Server Agent   ✓   Automatic Network Request Instrumentation   ✓   Database Agent   ✓   Machine Agent   ✓   .NET Agent   ✓   JavaScript Agent     ✓   SAAS CONTROLLER   License availability and usage display  ✓ ✓     Full-stack Observability Synthetic API Monitoring Synthetic API Monitoring delivers proactive monitoring and advanced troubleshooting of API performance and availability issues, enabling you to reduce MTTI/MTTR and minimize the impact of issues on user experience and business outcomes. To learn more read our documentation . (v21.11.0, Released January 31, 2022)   Agent Updates JRE upgraded to v11.0.13 The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) has been upgraded to version 11.0.13. (v22.2.0, Released February 18, 2022)   Xamarin Agent now supports Automatic Network Request Instrumentation This release of AppDynamics Xamarin Agent includes support for Automatic Network Request Instrumentation, made available as a separate beta NuGet package. See Instrument Xamarin Applications for details. (v22.2.0, Released February 14, 2022)   Database Agent can now be installed as a container image This release adds support for installing the Database Agent as a container image. See Install the Database Agent . (v22.2.0, Released February 23, 2022)   New Machine Agent adds platform architectures and addresses vulnerabilities This release adds the ARM64 and AARCH64 platforms on Linux, and has upgraded Square’s meticulous HTTP client libraries to 4.9.3 to account for known vulnerabilities. (v22.2.0, Released February 28, 2022)   .NET Agent now uses FULL_AGENT variable by default Now, you don’t need to use the FULL_AGENT variable with containers. As of this release, .NET Agent uses it by default (v22.2.0, Released February 17, 2022)   JavaScript Agent includes error handling support JavaScript Agent v22.2 includes error handling support for  UnhandledRejection events. (v22.2.0, Released February 18, 2022)   SaaS Controller License availability and usage display This Controller release includes a UI enhancement that displays license availability and usage for applications that can enable Application Analytics. These representations of license availability include: Healthy availability Availability warning None available.  See Collect Transaction Analytics Data for more information.   NOTE | To view all technical documentation associated with this month’s releases, please visit Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes in our documentation portal .  To Table of Contents  |  To Resource List   Heads up - What else you should know   New ‘ Synthetic API Monitoring’ demo Learn how the new AppDynamics API Monitoring solution helps you proactively identify and resolve API performance and availability issues to minimize impact on your users’ experience and business outcomes. Watch the video for a first-hand experience.    Full-Stack Observability webinars AppDynamics Full-Stack Observability Webinar Series  Want to learn how to transform your business faster? Join us as our experts walk you through the benefits of full-stack observability and the impact it can have on your customer experience, profitability, and optimization of your IT team’s time. Walk away with valuable knowledge and gain eligibility to receive a $50 prize!  View or Register Today   AppDynamics Full-Stack Observability for Government & Education Join AppDynamics and experts from IDC on March 15 at 2 p.m. ET to learn how government and educational organizations are overcoming barriers to accelerate digital transformation and taking steps to ensure security and performance of new digital services in a time of constant change.   Register Today   New AppDynamics University courses AppDynamics University now offers single-topic Short Focused Topics (SFTs), as well as  SAP instructor-led Education.  To learn more about these offerings, as well as the AppDynamics Learning Recognition Badge program, go to AppDynamics University and search for the course code (listed below).   NOTE | SFT courses are available to users with a Premium University Subscription.   Get up to speed with Short Focused Topics SFT courses are 60-90 minutes long and include demos and labs. Delivered with the same high-caliber instruction as longer format AppD University courses, each is geared to get you working in the product topic area quickly and proficiently.  COURSE CODE COURSE DESCRIPTION DEV310 Developers: AppDynamics for release comparison and validation PRO520 Pro Series: Building effective dashboards with AppDynamic SAP210 AppDynamics essentials for SAP   New 2-day SAP Essentials for SAP Check out AppDynamics Essentials for SAP—a new two-day, instructor-led course designed for customers who want to use AppDynamics to proactively monitor their SAP system.    This course is available to users with a Premium University Subscription. COURSE CODE COURSE DESCRIPTION SAP210 AppDynamics essentials for SAP   AppDynamics Community Read up on the small adjustments that make a big difference in our Share a tip space. Another spot where AppD Community members can exchange peer-to-peer advice, be sure to add your own insights there too. To Table of Contents   |  To Resource List   Resolved Issues To see a complete listing of this month's resolved issues, see Resolved Issues by Month .   For information about the log4j Apache vulnerability, see the Agent Updates section, above To Table of Contents  |  To Resource List   Get Started PLEASE NOTE: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation .    Download Essential Components (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem),  Events Service, EUM Components) Download Additional Components  (SDKs, Plugins, etc.) How do I get started upgrading my AppDynamics components for any release? Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes Open Source Extensions License Entitlements and Restrictions   Can’t find what you’re looking for? Need more assistance? Ask a question in the Latest Release forum. To Table of Contents ... View more

Receiving a barrage of alerts that turn out to be false alarms triggered by one-off performance issues? Learn how to cut the noise and concentrate on solving persistent API performance issues that impact your customers. In this video, you will get a great tip on reducing that clutter, reducing those false alarms when monitoring Synthetic APIs.    Additionally , there is a longer, more in depth video introducing the new AppDynamics Synthetic API Monitoring feature. Please watch it here!   For reference, here is the documentation.   ... View more

Have a number of snapshots from the same business transaction? Every wonder if there are performance issue similarities? Take a look at  this  short video  featured on  The Full-Stack Monthly  newsletter. sharing  how to uncover troublesome method calls, and/or SQL statements, found within a set of snapshots.   For more detailed instructions, check out our documentation.   Know someone who needs The Full-Stack Monthly? Help them sign up to receive news about the latest product updates, tips such as this one, the latest blog postings and more!  Sign up here >> ... View more